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Tom
Anderson
Carroll
September 17, 1934

–

June 23, 2019

Born:

Sweetwater

, 

Texas

Home:

Santa Fe

, 

Texas

Buried: 

San Antonio

, 

Texas

Cemetery:

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Tom Carroll graduated from Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, in 1959. He then attended Johnson Bible College in Tennessee, and received his Divinity Degree from Texas Christian University, Brite Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1968. He was ordained a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister, and soon after ordination entered military service. He was commissioned an Army chaplain, serving in Vietnam where he earned a Silver Star. During his 30-year career as an Army chaplain, he graduated from the Chaplain Officer Advance course (1977), the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (1989), and the U.S. Army War College (1979). His last post was as Regimental Chaplain, AMEDD, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. After retiring from military service in 1996, he was pastor at the Lakeway Church in Austin for several years.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Chaplain’s Corps)

    Batallion:

    3rd Battalion

    Regiment:

    60th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    9th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    April 24, 1968
    Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 592 (January 17, 1969)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Chaplain’s Corps) Tom Anderson Carroll, United States Army, for gallantry involving close combat with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Chaplain Carroll distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 24 April 1968, while serving as Chaplain, 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, on a reconnaissance in force mission in Kien Hoa Province. As assault troops were disembarking from their tango boat, they wee hit by intense enemy fire. Chaplain Carroll, disregarding his own safety, ran through heavy barrages of enemy fire several times, as he treated wounded men ad carried them back to the boat for evacuation. Chaplain Carroll’s extraordinary heroism in close combat with an armed hostile force is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 9th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Chaplain’s Corps)

    Batallion:

    3d Battalion

    Regiment:

    60th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    9th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    April 24, 1958
    Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 592 (January 17, 1969)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Chaplain’s Corps) Tom Anderson Carroll, United States Army, for gallantry involving close combat with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Chaplain Carroll distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 24 April 1968, while serving as Chaplain, 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, on a reconnaissance in force mission in Kien Hoa Province. As assault troops were disembarking from their tango boat, they wee hit by intense enemy fire. Chaplain Carroll, disregarding his own safety, ran through heavy barrages of enemy fire several times, as he treated wounded men ad carried them back to the boat for evacuation. Chaplain Carroll’s extraordinary heroism in close combat with an armed hostile force is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 9th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.